She Wanted a Divorce. What She Got Was a legal Nightmare.

Imagine believing you were divorced, only to discover a court clerical error that threw your life—and your child’s future—into chaos.

Then, imagine the court attempting to cover up its own catastrophic mistake by manufacturing a counterfeit "Martial [sic] Settlement Agreement," backdating a fraudulent divorce decree by nearly a year, and falsely attributing approval to a retired official who never saw or approved the instrument bearing his name.

This is my reality: a multi-year battle to reclaim my legal status from a system that papered over its own negligence by fabricating a divorce that does not exist.

This is my reality: a multi-year battle to reclaim my legal identity from a system that papered over its own negligence by fabricating a divorce that does not exist.

My four-year journey has exposed a system that no longer polices itself. I have documented how the data blackout of the family court’s private club creates a vacuum where the rule of law is replaced by a rule of appearances. It is within this protected environment that a trial court was able to bridge a 333-day jurisdictional void with a backdated forgery—an act of administrative fraud that has been met with strategic silence from every level of government, from the State Assembly and Congress to the U.S. Supreme Court.

This is no longer just a private dispute; it is a documented exposure of a systemic rot that threatens the liberty of every American.

Six Key Highlights of My case

Lost Marital Settlement Agreement (MSA) and Improper Divorce

Wisconsin’s Winnebago County Court System lost the MSA that my “ex-”husband and I believed had finalized our uncontested divorce. As a result, we were mistakenly divorced under a previously nullified document on February 7, 2022, by Family Court Commissioner (FCC) John Bermingham. This catastrophic clerical error triggered a chain reaction of legal failures and set the stage for the judicial misconduct that followed.

Inherent Conflict of Interest

When Judge Keberlein was assigned to our case, he was supposed to resolve the severe errors stemming from the court’s initial mistakes. However, his position as an employee of Winnebago County introduced a blatant conflict of interest. Instead of lawfully correcting the errors, he compounded them, further eroding the integrity of the judicial process. By attempting to fix a problem created by the very institution he worked for, Judge Keberlein undermined the fairness and objectivity essential to a just legal system.

Judicial Overreach and False Statements

On April 26, 2022, FCC Bermingham acknowledged that our MSA was irretrievably lost and ordered that my “ex-”husband and I co-create a new one to properly finalize our divorce. Despite this clear directive, Judge Keberlein grossly overstepped his authority following the FCC’s retirement. He attempted to pressure us into testifying under false pretenses, urging us to “recreate” the lost MSA, even though it had already been deemed irreproducible. This misuse of judicial authority further tainted the proceedings and compounded the injustice.

Creation of a "Martial [sic] Settlement Agreement"

Rather than properly correcting the court’s original clerical error, Judge Keberlein took matters into his own hands and fabricated a new MSA on January 6, 2023, based on false testimony from my “ex-” husband. Despite openly admitting that he had never seen the lost document, the judge claimed to have successfully reconstructed the missing MSA. In doing so, he perpetuated the court’s error and made a mockery of the legal system by attempting to legitimize an unjust process.

Unlawful Backdated Divorce Judgment

In a gross display of judicial overreach, Judge Keberlein unlawfully backdated our divorce to the fatally flawed February 7, 2022, hearing using the counterfeit MSA as the foundation for our divorce. This retroactive ruling falsely presented the retired FCC Bermingham as having approved the invalid MSA, despite the FCC’s prior admission that he had never seen the document Judge Keberlein puported to reconstruct. The judge’s ruling blatantly ignored both truth and fairness, violating the most basic judicial principles and continuing the miscarriage of justice that had already unfolded.

Enforcement of a Forgery

Despite the glaring legal flaws, Judge Keberlein actively pursued the enforcement of the counterfeit MSA, demanding that I sign quitclaim deeds to inequitably transfer encumbered marital property to my “ex-” husband. Upon my refusal to sign the documents, the judge threatened me with fines and incarceration. When I continued to resist this state-sponsored fraud, Judge Keberlein appointed Attorney Kathleen Healy as Receiver. He granted her the power to unlawfully seize and transfer my marital property based on the void decree—an act of state-sanctioned theft she executed on October 6, 2025. This property transfer was finalized the exact same day the U.S. Supreme Court denied my petition for certiorari, effectively timing the final act of this conspiracy to coincide with the exhaustion of my final legal remedy.